The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Wading Through Winter Blues Without The Booze!

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I'm Mouse, nice to meet YOU.

This is a thread for those who want to give up drink completely, or are maybe thinking about doing controlled drinking, or cutting down slowly, it's all up to you. And of course all addictions, so if you are taking drugs of any kind, prescription or otherwise, you're very welcome here too!

You know your limits, you know what is required, it's all in YOUR hands.

Whatever your goal, you'll find unconditional support here. Always. :)

There will be talk of drinking quite often and those who fall off the Bus will post about it, so if that is going to jeopardise your chances of complete sobriety, then maybe the DRY threads would suit you better, as they are complete abstainers, but EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE :)

There are two sayings that we rather like here -

1. • The Vulnerable Need Our Support, Not Our Judgement
2. • Alcohol Fosters Inertia

For those of you who'd like some history, here is the very first thread and the reason that we're all here now. FIRST EVER THREAD

And the most recent so you can work your way back through time IS JUST HERE

The Bus may be 'mythical', but the support is real, it is honest and it will help you to achieve what it is that YOU seek, as long as you are honest with us, but mostly, YOURSELF

Mouse xxx

Oh a person!!!! Hi isinde

I'm doing good on the AF days ATM
Batter the bitch tonight honey you can do it tell her to f**k off cos your having non of it tonight

X

Hello babes

I'm really fucking battling. I'm NOT drinking but oh dear god i feel like it. But I don't really want to go back to that life again. So I'm in this strange place at the moment and it's driving me nuts. I wish it would all just go away.

Anyway, I'll drive and in the mood I'm in you probably all want to get off.

xx

Not doing well at all but have restricted to two glasses tonight.
Suppose should try dry March. Did two weeks in Jan and fuck all in Feb.

Morning
ma well done for sticking to two glasses last night, Do you want to join me tonight AF night what do you think?
I need some AF buddy's feeling the pressure a bit any takers ??

soc hope you stuck with it lovely, x

Waves at isinde hi

How's why spann and mouse ?

Hello I'm
I'm still AF......hanging on by a thin thread. But I keep thinking about the end and it puts me off. I'm very seriously just taking it ODAAT at the moment. My head is all over the place. WW is playing bad mind games with me. Like 'you can control it' - I've tried that for the past 20 years why would I suddenly be able to control it? And "just drink occasionally". I know EXACTLY where that leads and very fast too.

Bloody hell
:-)
Someone kill that WW bitch please.

Morning babes, I had a bottle of wine in a friends house on Tuesday night and even though I wasn't hungover yesterday I felt shitty - it's really not worth it. So today I will not be drinking!

obrigada I did exactly the same last night and feeling very with myself this morning. I will join you in not drinking today
Big wave to all babes, catch you laterxx

ma your enthusiasm for dry March is infectious

I have slipped back into nightly drinking, just a few glasses in front of the tv but it's not where I want to be. I will sign up for dry March.

Im your posts are funny! Well done babe, you are doing amazingly well, almost at the 2 week mark now.

Hi to all all babes

Beaches I did that after dry November, it's so easy to slide back into. Doing ok this week, haven't drank yet, if I can stick to a couple of glasses on Saturday I'll be happy with that.

Hi to all babes :)

Good to have you with me Rural, we can kick the WW into touch for today at least!

Anne it definitely is a slippery slope. Well done on your week, you sound on top of things. I did dry November too and Jan so I know I can abstain when I put my mind to it - it's the moderating that I struggle with the most.

Good luck for tonight obr and rural kick that witch right under the wheels and squash her flat

I am starting to take this fucker personaly I carnt work out if I stink or if you lot are all flat out pissed

Scowls out window crosses legs and sips fizzy water

Haha I'm, I am here and on sugar free ginger beer. Not pissed, just drained after horrid day at work. If the others aren't around you and I can raid the opal fruits...

Did someone mention opal fruits Are there any green ones?
Im you are an inspiration. Fizzy water in my glass too and munching on a massive bar of chocolate which I've almost eaten
Think I have beaten the WW tonight. DAY 1 done.

Funny how the mention of opal fruits wakes you all up! Are you sure they will go with all that chocolate Rural?

I have eaten so much sugary rubbish in the last two weeks I'm going to be the size of a house If I keep going at this rate .. Yesterday was two cream eggs, three packs of midgit gems one small cake, dark choc etc etc ups ...

rural great you did yesterday and beat the WW
There's loads of green opal fruits left help yourself my lovely

hope sounds nice the ginger beer I will have to try some, iv bought some Becks blue for tonight I need that ooohhhhhh its Friday thingy on my sofa do not disturb me .... just anyone dare disturb me tonight gggrrrrr

Hurrah!!! One day left till the weekend. Can we drive somewhere fun tomorrow please? Been a shocking week in Work again...

Good Morning I'm lovely babe. You are doing so well. Happy Friday to you

Day 2 for me today I may get tempted later on, but got so much to do. We have to be out of our house this time next week I'm still Ebaying madly with some success but not as much as I'd hoped Onward and upward.

Def up for Dry March, I need a clear head as there's too much going on to do my usual bury myself into a bottle of wine or 3

Green Opal fruits are the best. Hello Rural and Hope hope you're both doing ok

Beaches you are still a Peach Babe, are you going to do Dry March with me??? I have to say I've gone back to my old habits and have been drinking every day yesterday was my first dry day in ages

It is so nice not to wake up hungover Soc babe you are doing so well, keep going - I really struggle with the 'I'm sober, so I'm boring feeling' and the 'wanting the effect but not the after effect' It's tough x

Have a great Y'all

Xpost with you Hope have a good friday babe and don't let the arseholes get you down x

Twas meant to say Have a great day Y'all xxx

I'll have a Great Yall thanks spanna, are those like opal fruits? If so, I'd like a green one

Last weekend ds had a bag of starburst which he was sharing and when I asked for a green 'opal fruit' he said 'opal fruit? What are you on about, what's that?'

Not much to report here. Still not drinking, still sticking to diet but very busy back at work so not been posting much.

Will try harder or Im will be after me. Looking forward to dry March...

You must remember Jif then .

I am done. Day 1 today and then dry March with you Spanna and all other babes going for it.

Love to all xx

I'm up for Dry March....starting on the 2nd though as I'm out Saturday night. Don't intend drinking much. I'm planning to offer to drive and that way will force myself to stick to just 2. Then happy to climb back on board. Been pretty good apart from the last 2 days which is actually fantastic considering I was drinking every day.
But I have slunk into the side car for a brief reprieve. Very brief though.